Police have found a body of a woman in the debris of three townhouses that went up in flames Tuesday night in the Montreal borough of LaSalle.
The five-alarm fire broke out around 10:30 p.m. on Bois-des-Caryers street at the corner of Rosaire-Gendron.
It took 200 firefighters to put out the blaze that was threatening to spread to nearby buildings.
Evacuees told police that one resident was missing, a 61-year-old woman, and that she likely didn’t make it out of the building in time.
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The major crimes unit of the Montreal police department is investigating to determine the cause of the fire; it is believed to be deliberate.
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Witnesses saw at least three individuals fleeing the back of the building shortly before the fire broke out.
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